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The court house at Northam, morning. The Sergeant stands near the JP, a local cocky, who sits at the bench.

JP: What have we got?

Sergeant: Not much.

JP: Good, I'm in a hurry.

Sergeant: Two natives. One supplying.

JP: All right, let's get moving. I've got to get to a bank auction in Wongamine; trin' to pick up a cheap desk.

Sergeant: (calling) Francis James Brown

(Frank enters and goes to the dock. The Sergeant passes the JP a paper bag. The JP pulls the port bottle out of it and looks at it curiously)

Evidence.

(The JP examines it and sniffs it.)

JP: Are Munday and, ah, what's-his-name, natives within the meaning of the Aborigines Act?

Sergeant: Yes, sir.

JP: What do you plead?

Frank: Guilty with an explanation, sir.

JP: If you're guilty I can't see much point in an explanation.

Frank: I'd still like to say something, sir.

Sergeant: The accused has been warned on two pervious occasions about associating with natives.

JP: All right, make it brief.

Frank: I arrived in Northam a few days ago, and I was broke and I didn't have anything to eat for two days and I ran into Jimmy the park and he

JP: (interrupting, to the Sergeant ) Who?

Sergeant: James Munday. He was one of the natives arrested along with the accused.

JP: (to Frank) All right, get on with it.

Frank: Well, he was a real mate to me. He took me to his home and gave me a meal of

JP: (interrupting, to the Sergeant) His what?

Sergeant: His camp at Government Well.

Frank: He gave me a meal of

JP: (interrupting) Look, I'm not interested in what you had for dinner. If you've got an explanation, just tell me what it is.

Frank: (nervously) And he even lent me a razor; I hadn't had a shave in several days. He and his family were very kind to me and when he asked me to pick up a bottle of wine for him, I felt obliged to do it.

JP: Were you aware that you were breaking the law?

Frank: Yes sir, but I didn't

JP: (interrupting) Is there a previous record?

Sergeant: No.

Frank: I've never been in trouble before. I am an ex-serviceman and I settled at Lake Yealering.

JP: All right, I don't need your life story. I understand the difficulty of the situation you were in, but it's my duty to protect natives and half-castes from alcohol. In the view of this, I sentence you to six weeks imprisonment with hard labour.

(Frank steps down)

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